The number of fatalities from a major cyclone on India’s west coast has jumped to at least 91 and the navy was searching for another 49 people missing at sea after a barge carrying offshore workers sank in the storm, writes The Guardian.

Cyclone Tauktae, which left a trail of destruction after sweeping in from the Arabian sea on Monday, is the latest storm in what experts say is a growing number of ever-bigger storms in the region because of climate change warming its waters.

The Indian defence ministry said on Wednesday night that navy ships, surveillance aircraft and helicopters had combined to rescue more than 600 people after waves up to eight metres high hammered offshore oil installations.